Living in Virginia
Living in Virginia - The CCC Boys
Season 2 Episode 6 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
6500 boys from Virginia & other states are hired as part of the CCC to build Skyline Drive
To provide jobs during the Depression and to build the nation's first national park, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt hired 6,500 "boys" from Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania as part of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) to build Shenandoah National Park & Skyline Drive. Some of the "boys" recall their experiences in the 1930s CCC camps and how they look on their accomplishments with pride
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Living in Virginia is a local public television program presented by VPM
Living in Virginia
Living in Virginia - The CCC Boys
Season 2 Episode 6 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
To provide jobs during the Depression and to build the nation's first national park, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt hired 6,500 "boys" from Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania as part of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) to build Shenandoah National Park & Skyline Drive. Some of the "boys" recall their experiences in the 1930s CCC camps and how they look on their accomplishments with pride
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